"Grudge
Match," the New Orleans-shot boxing comedy pitting Sylvester
Stallone and Robert
De Niro, doesn't come out until Christmas, but audiences are getting an
early look at director Peter Segal's film. Warner Bros. on Thursday (Sept. 12)
released the first "Grudge Match" trailer, which you can check out in the
embedded video below.

At first blush, it looks like it could be a fun little lark.
Not only is there a solid cast -- with Stallone and De Niro joined by Alan
Arkin, Kevin Hart, Kim Basinger and Jon Bernthal -- but the two lead actors
appear to be having fun with their "Rocky" and "Raging Bull" pasts.

Take, for example, a scene in which Stallone, as he famously
did in "Rocky," takes a few jabs at a side of beef -- only to be stopped by
Arkin, playing his trainer. "We're just here to buy a little dinner," Arkin
says. "You don't have to punch everything."

Fun stuff, that. "Grudge Match," based on a screenplay by
Tim Kelleher, Doug Elin and Rodney Rothman, is slated for a Dec. 25, 2013,
release.